{"id":1152015,"date":"2021-12-24T22:04:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T03:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1152015"},"modified":"2021-12-24T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T03:04:14","slug":"lebron-sparks-controversy-after-posting-meme-comparing-covid-common-cold-and-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-sparks-controversy-after-posting-meme-comparing-covid-common-cold-and-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron Sparks Controversy After Posting Meme Comparing Covid, Common Cold, and Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebron-sparks-controversy-after-posting-meme-comparing-covid-common-cold-and-flu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1152015&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lebron-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">LeBron James found himself in unfamiliar territory on Christmas Eve: He found himself on the receiving end of criticism from the woke mob.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA superstar and outspoken social justice advocate posted a meme on Instagram which compared the coronavirus to the common old and the flu.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CX4GnUfP0um\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>James\u2019 Lakers have been hard hit by the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of Thursday, the Lakers were missing head coach Frank Vogel and five players \u2014 Trevor Ariza, Kent Bazemore, Avery Bradley, Malik Monk, and Austin Reaves \u2014 due to COVID-19 protocols,\u201d the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/24\/lebron-james-posts-meme-comparing-covid-flu-and-common-cold\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow\">reports<\/a>. The team had 12 players available for its game against the Spurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LeBron\u2019s tweet was received well by some, and not so much by others:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron off the top rope on coronabros! Did we just become best friends?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Em0eunmOvQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Em0eunmOvQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1474462209627639808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why MJ is the goat and Lebron is finished <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qWN2tnFTKj\">pic.twitter.com\/qWN2tnFTKj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MC (@CrewsMat10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrewsMat10\/status\/1474459728541593602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Total number of deaths in America over the past two years:<\/p>\n<p>Covid: 815,647<br \/>Flu: 37,314<br \/>Cold: 0<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly irresponsible, misinformed and inadvisable post from LeBron <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NaeMRLZl57\">https:\/\/t.co\/NaeMRLZl57<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TommyBeer\/status\/1474469098822189063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Omg LeBron. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCn1htxa4A\">pic.twitter.com\/gCn1htxa4A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackMacCFB\/status\/1474455940019720200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China James aka LeBron Blames aka<br \/>The Fakest Guy in the NBA doesn\u2019t know the difference between <br \/>a cold, a flu &amp; COVID?<\/p>\n<p>I Stand Disgusted &amp; Disruptive!!!<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Stuffing on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamrapaport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamrapaport<\/a> \ud83c\udf84\ud83c\udf84<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dx11a4xJsZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/dx11a4xJsZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z956DueOzj\">pic.twitter.com\/z956DueOzj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelRapaport\/status\/1474508465422831616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron reading a book about whether Covid and the flu are the same thing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YufQx5WgYw\">pic.twitter.com\/YufQx5WgYw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuncanSmithNBA\/status\/1474468282916913154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">did Lebron finally wake up about COVID? Only took 2 years\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BC53D7VgwM\">pic.twitter.com\/BC53D7VgwM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JOE MAZ (@JoeMaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeMaz\/status\/1474506117845688321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to the news and sports media treating LeBron James as an irresponsible purveyor of COVID misinformation like they did with Aaron Rodgers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Er68eJ22lB\">pic.twitter.com\/Er68eJ22lB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveKrak\/status\/1474471250877636608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lebron saying Covid is just the Flu while Donald Trump is saying Covid is serious and people should take the vaccine. <\/p>\n<p>Idk what is what anymore <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQmYD2ouM6\">pic.twitter.com\/vQmYD2ouM6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Monday Morning Quarterblack (@TheMMQBL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMMQBL\/status\/1474460550205685764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The NBA has had to suspend several games, and more than a dozen prominent players have missed significant time as the Omicron variant works its way through the country and the sports world. However, given that the symptoms of Omicron are nearly indistinguishable from the common cold and the new variant is believed to be significantly less deadly than previous versions of the virus, it\u2019s not surprising that some athletes are starting to question what is really going on here.<\/p>\n<p>Though, admittedly, it is a bit surprising that LeBron James is one of the athletes doing the questioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James found himself in unfamiliar territory on Christmas Eve: He found himself on the receiving end of criticism from the woke mob. 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